{"id":3046,"date":"2015-03-09T12:28:46","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T12:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/?p=3046"},"modified":"2015-03-09T16:59:15","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T16:59:15","slug":"signs-of-spring-and-muntjac-at-wraysbury-lakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/09\/signs-of-spring-and-muntjac-at-wraysbury-lakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs of Spring, and Muntjac, at Wraysbury Lakes"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Spring<\/a>
Spring blossom – Wild Pear the first to bloom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Suddenly it feels like spring. The migrant warblers haven’t arrived, though a resident Cetti’s gave me a fine burst of its loud simple song; and the winter ducks haven’t all gone back up North, a few Goldeneye and Goosander still fishing the lake; but it was almost warm in the bright sunshine, and the wild pear tree in the woods positively sparkled with fresh new blossom.<\/p>\n

\"Tiny<\/a>
Tiny footprints: Muntjac slots<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There were animal tracks too: tiny footprints of Muntjac.<\/p>\n

A little further, a fresh pile of tiny scat, Muntjac for sure.<\/p>\n

\"Tiny<\/a>
Tiny scat: Muntjac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

A Sparrowhawk dashed low over the willows, and disappeared as swiftly as it had arrived.<\/p>\n

On the path, the much larger slots of Roe deer; and a Rabbit hopped quietly aside.<\/p>\n

\"Larger<\/a>
Larger tracks: Roe deer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The last of the winter thrushes – a flock of Fieldfares – called their chattering chack-chack from the tall boundary hedge of trees. A flock of gently twittering Goldfinches, too, served as a reminder of a winter only just passing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Suddenly it feels like spring. The migrant warblers haven’t arrived, though a resident Cetti’s gave me a fine burst of its loud simple song; and the winter ducks haven’t all gone back up North, a few Goldeneye and Goosander still fishing the lake; but it was almost warm in the bright sunshine, and the wild … Continue reading Signs of Spring, and Muntjac, at Wraysbury Lakes<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[47,627,382,302,725,742,423,740,741],"class_list":["post-3046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natural-history","tag-cettis-warbler","tag-fieldfare","tag-goldfinch","tag-muntjac","tag-rabbit","tag-roe-deer","tag-sparrowhawk","tag-wild-arum","tag-wild-pear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3046"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3063,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3046\/revisions\/3063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}